Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu, in an exclusive interview with The Quint’s Editorial Director Sanjay Pugalia, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “biggest transformer of the country” with his policies to “reform, perform and transform”.

In an exclusive interview
to The Quint, union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said that it is imperative for a
democratic country to have an opposition.Ridiculing rival party Congress, he said that the people had
taken a decision to not recognise the party as an opposition in the Parliament.
He further added that the party had managed to pocket only seven seats in UP,
despite having snagged an alliance with the Samajwadi Party.Stating that the BJP’s well-wishes will remain should the
opposition put up a united front, Naidu affirmed that such a situation is close
to impossible. Highlighting the politics in states without a BJP-led front,
Naidu said that the opposition parties will never agree for an alliance with
each other. “If it happens, it will be easier”, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged off the first Rs 2,500-an-hour flight from Shimla as part of an UDAN scheme that makes air travel accessible to lower middle class families.The first regional flight under the Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme was flagged off between Shimla and Delhi from Jubbarhatti, the tabletop airport located 2,19Prime Minister Narendra Modi 6 metres above sea level and 22 km from here.

In the last two years, there have been close to a dozen instances of attacks by cow vigilantes on the Gujjar and Bakkarwal tribes in Jammu and Kashmir. The latest was on 20 April when a family was assaulted by self-styled gau rakshaks.